02920oam 2200637I 450 991079080320332120230803022706.01-136-69460-90-415-92718-81-315-02316-41-136-69453-610.4324/9781315023168 (CKB)2550000001171266(EBL)1581621(SSID)ssj0001155029(PQKBManifestationID)11948917(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001155029(PQKBWorkID)11177007(PQKB)10676553(MiAaPQ)EBC1581621(Au-PeEL)EBL1581621(CaPaEBR)ebr10824056(CaONFJC)MIL552666(OCoLC)866445278(OCoLC)958105950(OCoLC)1137294211(FINmELB)ELB136986(EXLCZ)99255000000117126620180706d20132002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA convent tale a century of sisterhood in Spanish Milan /P. Renee BaernsteinAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (293 p.)First published 2002 by Routledge.0-415-92717-X 1-306-21415-7 Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; A Note on Conventions; Chronology; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE THE COMMUNITY OF SAN PAOLO CONVERSO, 1535-1550; CHAPTER TWO THE DIVINE MOTHER AND THE INQUISITION, 1550-1552; CHAPTER THREE BORROMEO'S REVOLUTION, 1565-1584; CHAPTER FOUR THE RISE OF THE SFONDRATI DYNASTY, 1565-1590; CHAPTER FIVE A SECOND JERUSALEM, 1590-1635; EPILOGUE; Sources and Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; IndexPower often operates in strange and surprising ways. With A Convent Tale, Renee Baernstein uncovers some of the nuanced methods cloistered women devised to exert their agency. In the tradition of Simon Schama and Steven Ozment, Baernstein uses the compelling story of a single clan, the Sfondrati, to refashion our understanding of the early modern period. Showing the nuns as neither helpless victims nor valiant rebels, but reasonable beings maneuvering as best they could within limits set by class, gender and culture. Baernstein writes against the tendency to depict women as inactiveConventsItalyMilan (Italy)Church history16th centuryMilan (Italy)Church history17th centuryConvents271/.97Baernstein P. Renee1575978MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790803203321A convent tale3853408UNINA